diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/AbstractVulnerableSoftwareAnalysisTask.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/AbstractVulnerableSoftwareAnalysisTask.java
index 57bdc8ba89..9e42283ebe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/AbstractVulnerableSoftwareAnalysisTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/AbstractVulnerableSoftwareAnalysisTask.java
@@ -78,11 +78,7 @@ protected void analyzeVersionRange(final QueryManager qm, final List<VulnerableS
      * Ported from Dependency-Check v5.2.1
      */
     private static boolean compareVersions(VulnerableSoftware vs, String targetVersion) {
-        // For VulnerableSoftware (could actually be hardware) without a version number.
-        // e.g. cpe:2.3:o:intel:2000e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
-        if (LogicalValue.NA.getAbbreviation().equals(vs.getVersion())) {
-            return true;
-        }
+
         //if any of the four conditions will be evaluated - then true;
         boolean result = (vs.getVersionEndExcluding() != null && !vs.getVersionEndExcluding().isEmpty())
                 || (vs.getVersionStartExcluding() != null && !vs.getVersionStartExcluding().isEmpty())
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/InternalAnalysisTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/InternalAnalysisTaskTest.java
index 31ed6a1bd0..c1db3ea081 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/InternalAnalysisTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/scanners/InternalAnalysisTaskTest.java
@@ -47,4 +47,104 @@ public void testIssue1574() {
         assertThat(vulnerabilities.getList(Vulnerability.class).get(0).getVulnId()).isEqualTo("GHSA-wjm3-fq3r-5x46");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testVersionNA(){
+        var project = new Project();
+        project.setName("acme-app");
+        project = qm.createProject(project, List.of(), false);
+        var component = new Component();
+        component.setProject(project);
+        component.setName("Apache httpd");
+        component.setVersion("2.4.53");
+        component.setCpe("cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+        component = qm.createComponent(component, false);
+
+        var vs1 = new VulnerableSoftware();
+        vs1.setCpe23("cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+        vs1.setPart("a");
+        vs1.setVendor("apache");
+        vs1.setProduct("http_server");
+        vs1.setVersion("-");
+        vs1.setVulnerable(true);
+        var vs = qm.persist(vs1);
+
+        var vulnerability = new Vulnerability();
+        vulnerability.setVulnId("CVE-2007-6420");
+        vulnerability.setSource(Vulnerability.Source.NVD);
+        vulnerability.setVulnerableSoftware(List.of(vs));
+        qm.createVulnerability(vulnerability, false);
+
+        var vs2 = new VulnerableSoftware();
+        vs2.setCpe23("cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+        vs2.setPart("a");
+        vs2.setVendor("apache");
+        vs2.setProduct("http_server");
+        vs2.setVersion("*");
+        vs2.setVulnerable(true);
+        vs = qm.persist(vs2);
+
+        var vulnerability202231813 = new Vulnerability();
+        vulnerability202231813.setVulnId("CVE-2022-31813");
+        vulnerability202231813.setSource(Vulnerability.Source.NVD);
+        vulnerability202231813.setVulnerableSoftware(List.of(vs2));
+        qm.createVulnerability(vulnerability202231813, false);
+
+        var vs3 = new VulnerableSoftware();
+        vs3.setCpe23("cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+        vs3.setPart("a");
+        vs3.setVendor("apache");
+        vs3.setProduct("http_server");
+        vs3.setVersionStartIncluding("2.4.0");
+        vs3.setVersionEndIncluding("2.4.53");
+        vs3.setVulnerable(true);
+        vs = qm.persist(vs2);
+
+        var vulnerability202226377 = new Vulnerability();
+        vulnerability202226377.setVulnId("CVE-2022-266377");
+        vulnerability202226377.setSource(Vulnerability.Source.NVD);
+        vulnerability202226377.setVulnerableSoftware(List.of(vs3));
+        qm.createVulnerability(vulnerability202226377, false);
+
+        new InternalAnalysisTask().analyze(List.of(component));
+
+        final PaginatedResult vulnerabilities = qm.getVulnerabilities(component);
+        assertThat(vulnerabilities.getTotal()).isEqualTo(2);
+        assertThat(vulnerabilities.getList(Vulnerability.class).get(0).getVulnId()).isEqualTo("CVE-2022-31813");
+        assertThat(vulnerabilities.getList(Vulnerability.class).get(1).getVulnId()).isEqualTo("CVE-2022-266377");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testVersionFirmwareNA(){
+        var project = new Project();
+        project.setName("acme-app");
+        project = qm.createProject(project, List.of(), false);
+        var component = new Component();
+        component.setProject(project);
+        component.setName("Intel 2000e firmware");
+        component.setVersion("-");
+        component.setCpe("cpe:2.3:o:intel:2000e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+        component = qm.createComponent(component, false);
+
+        var vs1 = new VulnerableSoftware();
+        vs1.setCpe23("cpe:2.3:o:intel:2000e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+        vs1.setPart("o");
+        vs1.setVendor("intel");
+        vs1.setProduct("2000e_firmware");
+        vs1.setVersion("-");
+        vs1.setVulnerable(true);
+        var vs = qm.persist(vs1);
+
+        var vulnerability = new Vulnerability();
+        vulnerability.setVulnId("CVE-2019-0174");
+        vulnerability.setSource(Vulnerability.Source.NVD);
+        vulnerability.setVulnerableSoftware(List.of(vs));
+        qm.createVulnerability(vulnerability, false);
+
+        new InternalAnalysisTask().analyze(List.of(component));
+
+        final PaginatedResult vulnerabilities = qm.getVulnerabilities(component);
+        assertThat(vulnerabilities.getTotal()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(vulnerabilities.getList(Vulnerability.class).get(0).getVulnId()).isEqualTo("CVE-2019-0174");
+    }
+
 }
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