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OSS Index does not analyze components whose versions include v prefix

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Description

### Current Behavior

Dependency-Track currently fails to analyze multiple Composer components through OSS Index when the version string includes a leading v (e.g., v6.4.4, v1.3.0, etc.).

Example component that cannot be analyzed: https://ossindex.sonatype.org/component/pkg:composer/symfony/security-http@v6.4.4

After investigation, this appears to be caused by the open bug:
[#5197](https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/pull/5197) (fix not yet merged)

### Impact:
There is a large number of Composer components whose versions include the v prefix.
For all of them:

- OSS Index does not return vulnerabilities
- Dependency-Track reports them as having “no vulnerabilities”
- This results in unreliable or incomplete vulnerability visibility.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new project
2. Add for example, any Symfony component like pkg:composer/symfony/security-http@v6.4.4
3. No vulnerabilities detected, when Sonatype says there are. https://ossindex.sonatype.org/component/pkg:composer/symfony/security-http@v6.4.4

### Expected Behavior

Vulnerabilities properly detected when using OSS Index analysis

### Dependency-Track Version

4.13.5

### Dependency-Track Distribution

Container Image

### Database Server

PostgreSQL

### Database Server Version

_No response_

### Browser

Google Chrome

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- [x] I have read and understand the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#filing-issues)
- [x] I have checked the [existing issues](https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/issues) for whether this defect was already reported

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