Embodiments include methods performed by vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system for protecting proprietary data within misbehavior reports. Various embodiments may include detecting misbehavior conditions based on received sensor data, determining whether the received sensor data that supports a conclusion that a misbehavior condition has occurred is or includes proprietary information, and encrypting the sensor data that supports the conclusion that the misbehavior condition has occurred in response to determining that the received sensor data is or includes the proprietary information. Various embodiments may further include generating a misbehavior report including the received sensor data that supports the conclusion that the misbehavior condition has occurred in response to determining that the misbehavior condition has occurred, in which the received sensor data included in the misbehavior report is encrypted in response to determining that the received sensor data is or includes proprietary information, and transmitting the generated misbehavior report to a misbehavior managing authority.