diff --git a/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.spec.ts b/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.spec.ts
index b5668eb30f..508db0c15a 100644
--- a/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.spec.ts
@@ -595,6 +595,36 @@ describe('serializeNodeWithId', () => {
         childNodes: [],
       })
     })
+
+    it('does not serialize style node with dynamic CSS that is behind CORS', () => {
+      const linkNode = document.createElement('link')
+      linkNode.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet')
+      linkNode.setAttribute('href', 'https://datadoghq.com/some/style.css')
+      isolatedDom.document.head.appendChild(linkNode)
+      class FakeCSSStyleSheet {
+        get cssRules() {
+          return []
+        }
+      }
+      const styleSheet = new FakeCSSStyleSheet()
+      spyOnProperty(styleSheet, 'cssRules', 'get').and.throwError(new DOMException('cors issue', 'SecurityError'))
+
+      Object.defineProperty(isolatedDom.document, 'styleSheets', {
+        value: [styleSheet],
+      })
+
+      expect(serializeNodeWithId(linkNode, DEFAULT_OPTIONS)).toEqual({
+        type: NodeType.Element,
+        tagName: 'link',
+        id: jasmine.any(Number) as unknown as number,
+        isSVG: undefined,
+        attributes: {
+          rel: 'stylesheet',
+          href: 'https://datadoghq.com/some/style.css',
+        },
+        childNodes: [],
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('text nodes serialization', () => {
diff --git a/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.ts b/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.ts
index ac41133f9f..c03c117a6c 100644
--- a/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.ts
+++ b/packages/rum/src/domain/record/serialize.ts
@@ -356,18 +356,21 @@ function getValidTagName(tagName: string): string {
   return processedTagName
 }
 
-function getCssRulesString(s: CSSStyleSheet): string | null {
-  try {
-    const rules = s.rules || s.cssRules
-    if (rules) {
-      const styleSheetCssText = Array.from(rules, getCssRuleString).join('')
-      return switchToAbsoluteUrl(styleSheetCssText, s.href)
-    }
-
+function getCssRulesString(cssStyleSheet: CSSStyleSheet | undefined | null): string | null {
+  if (!cssStyleSheet) {
     return null
-  } catch (error) {
+  }
+  let rules: CSSRuleList | undefined
+  try {
+    rules = cssStyleSheet.rules || cssStyleSheet.cssRules
+  } catch {
+    // if css is protected by CORS we cannot access cssRules see: https://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-1/#the-cssstylesheet-interface
+  }
+  if (!rules) {
     return null
   }
+  const styleSheetCssText = Array.from(rules, getCssRuleString).join('')
+  return switchToAbsoluteUrl(styleSheetCssText, cssStyleSheet.href)
 }
 
 function getCssRuleString(rule: CSSRule): string {
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ function getAttributesForPrivacyLevel(
   // remote css
   if (tagName === 'link') {
     const stylesheet = Array.from(doc.styleSheets).find((s) => s.href === (element as HTMLLinkElement).href)
-    const cssText = getCssRulesString(stylesheet as CSSStyleSheet)
+    const cssText = getCssRulesString(stylesheet)
     if (cssText && stylesheet) {
       safeAttrs._cssText = cssText
     }
@@ -441,7 +444,7 @@ function getAttributesForPrivacyLevel(
     // TODO: Currently we only try to get dynamic stylesheet when it is an empty style element
     !((element as HTMLStyleElement).innerText || element.textContent || '').trim().length
   ) {
-    const cssText = getCssRulesString((element as HTMLStyleElement).sheet as CSSStyleSheet)
+    const cssText = getCssRulesString((element as HTMLStyleElement).sheet)
     if (cssText) {
       safeAttrs._cssText = cssText
     }