url unquote the path before checking if it refers to a CGI script (closes #21766)
diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index bcfe894..1f4d1bb 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@
         (and the next character is a '/' or the end of the string).
 
         """
-        collapsed_path = _url_collapse_path(self.path)
+        collapsed_path = _url_collapse_path(urllib.parse.unquote(self.path))
         dir_sep = collapsed_path.find('/', 1)
         head, tail = collapsed_path[:dir_sep], collapsed_path[dir_sep+1:]
         if head in self.cgi_directories:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
index f8198f8..bb75f78 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
@@ -461,6 +461,11 @@
                 (res.read(), res.getheader('Content-type'), res.status))
         self.assertEqual(os.environ['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], signature)
 
+    def test_urlquote_decoding_in_cgi_check(self):
+        res = self.request('/cgi-bin%2ffile1.py')
+        self.assertEqual((b'Hello World\n', 'text/html', 200),
+                (res.read(), res.getheader('Content-type'), res.status))
+
 
 class SocketlessRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
     def __init__(self):