diff --git a/dashboards-reports/server/routes/lib/createReport.ts b/dashboards-reports/server/routes/lib/createReport.ts
index f2c5e486..89212cbd 100644
--- a/dashboards-reports/server/routes/lib/createReport.ts
+++ b/dashboards-reports/server/routes/lib/createReport.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   REPORT_TYPE,
   REPORT_STATE,
   DELIVERY_TYPE,
-  SECURITY_CONSTANTS,
+  EXTRA_HEADERS,
   LOCAL_HOST,
 } from '../utils/constants';
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { SetCookie, Headers } from 'puppeteer-core';
 import { updateReportState } from './updateReportState';
 import { saveReport } from './saveReport';
 import { SemaphoreInterface } from 'async-mutex';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 
 export const createReport = async (
   request: OpenSearchDashboardsRequest,
@@ -70,9 +71,7 @@ export const createReport = async (
   let reportId;
 
   const {
-    report_definition: {
-      report_params: reportParams,
-    },
+    report_definition: { report_params: reportParams },
   } = report;
   const { report_source: reportSource } = reportParams;
 
@@ -95,42 +94,15 @@ export const createReport = async (
       // report source can only be one of [saved search, visualization, dashboard, notebook]
       // compose url
       const completeQueryUrl = `${LOCAL_HOST}${report.query_url}`;
-      // Check if security is enabled. TODO: is there a better way to check?
-      let cookieObject: SetCookie | undefined;
-      if (request.headers.cookie) {
-        const cookies = request.headers.cookie.split(';');
-        cookies.map((item: string) => {
-          const cookie = item.trim().split('=');
-          if (cookie[0] === SECURITY_CONSTANTS.AUTH_COOKIE_NAME) {
-            cookieObject = {
-              name: cookie[0],
-              value: cookie[1],
-              url: completeQueryUrl,
-            };
-          }
-        });
-      }
-      // If header exists assuming that it needs forwarding
-      let additionalHeaders: Headers | undefined;
-      if (request.headers[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_USER_HEADER]) {
-        additionalHeaders = {};
-        additionalHeaders[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_USER_HEADER] =
-          request.headers[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_USER_HEADER];
-        additionalHeaders[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_IP_HEADER] =
-          request.headers[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_IP_HEADER];
-        if (request.headers[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_ROLES_HEADER]) {
-          additionalHeaders[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_ROLES_HEADER] =
-            request.headers[SECURITY_CONSTANTS.PROXY_AUTH_ROLES_HEADER];
-        }
-      }
+      const extraHeaders = _.pick(request.headers, EXTRA_HEADERS);
+
       const [value, release] = await semaphore.acquire();
       try {
         createReportResult = await createVisualReport(
           reportParams,
           completeQueryUrl,
           logger,
-          cookieObject,
-          additionalHeaders,
+          extraHeaders,
           timezone
         );
       } finally {
diff --git a/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/constants.ts b/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/constants.ts
index 890e05ed..867af32d 100644
--- a/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/constants.ts
@@ -94,13 +94,16 @@ export const BASE_PATH = '/_dashboards';
 export const DEFAULT_REPORT_HEADER = '<h1>OpenSearch Dashboards Reports</h1>';
 
 export const SECURITY_CONSTANTS = {
-  AUTH_COOKIE_NAME: 'security_authentication',
   TENANT_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY: 'opendistro::security::tenant::show_popup',
-  PROXY_AUTH_USER_HEADER: 'x-proxy-user',
-  PROXY_AUTH_ROLES_HEADER: 'x-proxy-roles',
-  PROXY_AUTH_IP_HEADER: 'x-forwarded-for',
 };
 
+export const EXTRA_HEADERS = [
+  'cookie',
+  'x-proxy-user',
+  'x-proxy-roles',
+  'x-forwarded-for',
+];
+
 export const CHROMIUM_PATH = `${__dirname}/../../../.chromium/headless_shell`;
 
 /**
diff --git a/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/visual_report/visualReportHelper.ts b/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/visual_report/visualReportHelper.ts
index 8c71678d..72de49f0 100644
--- a/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/visual_report/visualReportHelper.ts
+++ b/dashboards-reports/server/routes/utils/visual_report/visualReportHelper.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * permissions and limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import puppeteer, { SetCookie, Headers } from 'puppeteer-core';
+import puppeteer, { Headers } from 'puppeteer-core';
 import createDOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
 import { Logger } from '../../../../../../src/core/server';
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ import { getFileName } from '../helpers';
 import { CreateReportResultType } from '../types';
 import { ReportParamsSchemaType, VisualReportSchemaType } from 'server/model';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 
 export const createVisualReport = async (
   reportParams: ReportParamsSchemaType,
   queryUrl: string,
   logger: Logger,
-  cookie?: SetCookie,
-  additionalheaders?: Headers,
+  extraHeaders: Headers,
   timezone?: string
 ): Promise<CreateReportResultType> => {
   const {
@@ -94,13 +94,9 @@ export const createVisualReport = async (
   const page = await browser.newPage();
   page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(0);
   page.setDefaultTimeout(100000); // use 100s timeout instead of default 30s
-  if (cookie) {
-    logger.info('domain enables security, use session cookie to access');
-    await page.setCookie(cookie);
-  }
-  if (additionalheaders) {
-    logger.info('domain passed proxy auth headers, passing to backend');
-    await page.setExtraHTTPHeaders(additionalheaders);
+  // Set extra headers that are needed
+  if (!_.isEmpty(extraHeaders)) {
+    await page.setExtraHTTPHeaders(extraHeaders);
   }
   logger.info(`original queryUrl ${queryUrl}`);
   await page.goto(queryUrl, { waitUntil: 'networkidle0' });