The host is installed with Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 or 2022 or Git before 2.30.8, 2.31.x before 2.31.7, 2.32.x before 2.32.6, 2.33.x before 2.33.7, 2.34.x before 2.34.7, 2.35.x before 2.35.7, 2.36.x before 2.36.5, 2.37.x before 2.37.6, 2.38.x before 2.38.4 or 2.39.x before 2.39.2 and is prone to an improper link resolution before file access vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle a specially-crafted repository. Successful exploitation allows attackers to trick users to use its local clone optimization even when using a non-local transport.