diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/__init__.py b/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/__init__.py
index 7b0b588d25..809caac273 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 
 
 class SBOMManager:
+    """
+    SBOMManager is a class that manages the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) data.
+    It provides methods for scanning SBOM files, parsing them, and retrieving vendor information.
+    """
+
     SBOMtype = ["spdx", "cyclonedx", "swid"]
 
     sbom_data: defaultdict[ProductInfo, TriageData]
@@ -44,6 +49,51 @@ def __init__(
         # Connect to the database
         self.cvedb = CVEDB(version_check=False)
 
+    def common_prefix_split(self, product, version) -> list[ProductInfo]:
+        """If the product have '-' in name try splitting it and try common prefixes.
+        currently not being used, proposed to be used in future"""
+        parsed_data: list[ProductInfo] = []
+        found_common_prefix = False
+        common_prefix = (
+            "perl-",
+            "golang-",
+            "rubygem-",
+            "python-",
+            "py3-",
+            "python3-",
+            "python2-",
+            "rust-",
+            "nodejs-",
+        )
+        for prefix in common_prefix:
+            if product.startswith(prefix):
+                common_prefix_product = product[len(prefix) :]
+                common_prefix_vendor = self.get_vendor(common_prefix_product)
+                if len(common_prefix_vendor) > 1 or (
+                    len(common_prefix_vendor) == 1
+                    and common_prefix_vendor[0] != "UNKNOWN"
+                ):
+                    found_common_prefix = True
+                    for vendor in common_prefix_vendor:
+                        parsed_data.append(
+                            ProductInfo(vendor, common_prefix_product, version)
+                        )
+                break
+        if not found_common_prefix:
+            # if vendor not found after removing common prefix try splitting it
+            LOGGER.debug(
+                f"No Vendor found for {product}, trying splitted product. "
+                "Some results may be inaccurate due to vendor identification limitations."
+            )
+            splitted_product = product.split("-")
+            for sp in splitted_product:
+                temp = self.get_vendor(sp)
+                if len(temp) > 1 or (len(temp) == 1 and temp[0] != "UNKNOWN"):
+                    for vendor in temp:
+                        # if vendor is not None:
+                        parsed_data.append(ProductInfo(vendor, sp, version))
+        return parsed_data
+
     def scan_file(self) -> dict[ProductInfo, TriageData]:
         self.logger.debug(
             f"Processing SBOM {self.filename} of type {self.type.upper()}"
diff --git a/test/test_sbom.py b/test/test_sbom.py
index 4020ed0a41..b42d1adae1 100644
--- a/test/test_sbom.py
+++ b/test/test_sbom.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class TestSBOM:
             "paths": {""},
         },
     }
+    SPLIT_DATA = [
+        ProductInfo(vendor="openzeppelin", product="contracts", version="4.8.1"),
+        ProductInfo(vendor="downline_goldmine", product="builder", version="3.2.4"),
+    ]
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "filepath",
@@ -118,6 +122,21 @@ def test_valid_swid_file(
         for p in swid_parsed_data:
             assert p in scan_result
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "product, version, productinfo, no_existent_file",
+        [
+            ("openzeppelin-contracts", "4.8.1", SPLIT_DATA[0], "no_existent_file"),
+            ("rubygem-builder", "3.2.4", SPLIT_DATA[1], "no_existent_file"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_common_prefix_split(self, product, version, productinfo, no_existent_file):
+        """Unit Test for common_prefix_split that try to split on hyphen if no vendors are
+        are found and the product has hyphen, here a no_existent_file is used
+        with sole purpose for creating a SBOMManager instance"""
+        sbom_engine = SBOMManager(no_existent_file)
+        scanned_list = sbom_engine.common_prefix_split(product, version)
+        assert productinfo in scanned_list
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "filename, sbom_type, validate",
         (