diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
index 42566bdaec0..28f059926f9 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMapping extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
 	 * @since 5.2
 	 */
 	protected boolean hasCorsConfigurationSource(Object handler) {
+		if (handler instanceof HandlerExecutionChain) {
+			handler = ((HandlerExecutionChain) handler).getHandler();
+		}
 		return (handler instanceof CorsConfigurationSource || this.corsConfigurationSource != null);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests.java
index 9cb12f794b2..b8213381b02 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
-public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
+class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 
 	private MockHttpServletRequest request;
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 
 
 	@BeforeEach
-	public void setup() {
+	void setup() {
 		StaticWebApplicationContext context = new StaticWebApplicationContext();
 		this.handlerMapping = new TestHandlerMapping();
 		this.handlerMapping.setInterceptors(mock(HandlerInterceptor.class));
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithoutCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
+	void actualRequestWithoutCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.GET.name());
 		this.request.setRequestURI("/foo");
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithoutCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
+	void preflightRequestWithoutCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.OPTIONS.name());
 		this.request.setRequestURI("/foo");
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
+	void actualRequestWithCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.GET.name());
 		this.request.setRequestURI("/cors");
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
@@ -105,8 +105,22 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 		assertThat(getRequiredCorsConfiguration(chain, false).getAllowedOrigins()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("*"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // see gh-23843
+	void actualRequestWithCorsConfigurationProviderForHandlerChain() throws Exception {
+		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.GET.name());
+		this.request.setRequestURI("/chain");
+		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
+		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD, "GET");
+		HandlerExecutionChain chain = handlerMapping.getHandler(this.request);
+
+		assertThat(chain).isNotNull();
+		boolean condition = chain.getHandler() instanceof CorsAwareHandler;
+		assertThat(condition).isTrue();
+		assertThat(getRequiredCorsConfiguration(chain, false).getAllowedOrigins()).isEqualTo(Collections.singletonList("*"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
+	void preflightRequestWithCorsConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
 		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.OPTIONS.name());
 		this.request.setRequestURI("/cors");
 		this.request.addHeader(HttpHeaders.ORIGIN, "https://domain2.com");
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithMappedCorsConfiguration() throws Exception {
+	void actualRequestWithMappedCorsConfiguration() throws Exception {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		this.handlerMapping.setCorsConfigurations(Collections.singletonMap("/foo", config));
@@ -137,7 +151,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithMappedCorsConfiguration() throws Exception {
+	void preflightRequestWithMappedCorsConfiguration() throws Exception {
 		CorsConfiguration config = new CorsConfiguration();
 		config.addAllowedOrigin("*");
 		this.handlerMapping.setCorsConfigurations(Collections.singletonMap("/foo", config));
@@ -154,7 +168,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void actualRequestWithCorsConfigurationSource() throws Exception {
+	void actualRequestWithCorsConfigurationSource() throws Exception {
 		this.handlerMapping.setCorsConfigurationSource(new CustomCorsConfigurationSource());
 		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.GET.name());
 		this.request.setRequestURI("/foo");
@@ -172,7 +186,7 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void preflightRequestWithCorsConfigurationSource() throws Exception {
+	void preflightRequestWithCorsConfigurationSource() throws Exception {
 		this.handlerMapping.setCorsConfigurationSource(new CustomCorsConfigurationSource());
 		this.request.setMethod(RequestMethod.OPTIONS.name());
 		this.request.setRequestURI("/foo");
@@ -217,6 +231,9 @@ public class CorsAbstractHandlerMappingTests {
 			if (request.getRequestURI().equals("/cors")) {
 				return new CorsAwareHandler();
 			}
+			else if (request.getRequestURI().equals("/chain")) {
+				return new HandlerExecutionChain(new CorsAwareHandler());
+			}
 			return new SimpleHandler();
 		}
 	}