[issue39727] cgi.parse() fatally attempts str.decode when handling multipart/form-data

James Edington added the comment: Here is a file to try it out in an instant. (lines 11–28 are not necessary; they are just "luxuries" allowing easier testing of the issue in a web browser) -- Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file489

[issue39727] cgi.parse() fatally attempts str.decode when handling multipart/form-data

New submission from James Edington : It appears that cgi.parse() in Python 3.7.6 [GCC 9.2.1 20190827 (Red Hat 9.2.1-1)] fatally chokes on POST requests with multipart/form-data due to some internal processing still relying on assumptions from when str and bytes were the same object. I'll