Describe the bug

In Vite 7, I was able to directly cross-domain access an image under the "src" directory and it worked fine. However, in Vite 8, this is no longer possible.

Even if I set server.cors to true, it still won't work.

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-guzdkutc?file=src%2Fmain.js,package.json,test.html&terminal=dev

Steps to reproduce

1. Create the project using the command "pnpm create vue"
2. Upgrade to vite 8.0.0-beta.1
3. Place a 404.png image under the "src" directory.
4. Start the service by running "pnpm run dev"
5. Create another HTTP service, and then create an HTML file.

<img src="http://localhost:5173/src/404.png" />

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 11 10.0.26100
    CPU: (20) x64 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H
    Memory: 21.11 GB / 39.81 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.18.0 - C:\Users\bpuns\AppData\Local\fnm_multishells\9088_1765350416428\node.EXE
    npm: 10.9.3 - C:\Users\bpuns\AppData\Local\fnm_multishells\9088_1765350416428\npm.CMD
    pnpm: 10.4.1 - C:\Users\bpuns\AppData\Local\fnm_multishells\9088_1765350416428\pnpm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 143.0.7499.41
    Edge: Chromium (140.0.3485.66)

Used Package Manager

pnpm

Logs

Cross-origin requests must be made with CORS mode enabled.

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