From d8e506fc659f7c0655f64ed3eab034e37c30c56a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mahmoud Elaraby <sec.mahmoudalarby@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 22:19:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix missing return in WebdavServlet doDelete after
 precondition failure

---
 java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java b/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
index 37d125408ee6..adceaef97086 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
@@ -1235,6 +1235,7 @@ protected void doDelete(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws
         WebResource resource = resources.getResource(path);
         if (!checkIfHeaders(req, resp, resource)) {
             resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_PRECONDITION_FAILED);
+            return;
         }
         deleteResource(path, req, resp, true);
     }