diff --git a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-209/StackTraceExposure.ql b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-209/StackTraceExposure.ql
index 3426d9f6f62..b82edc2efc6 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-209/StackTraceExposure.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-209/StackTraceExposure.ql
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java
 import semmle.code.java.dataflow.DataFlow
 import semmle.code.java.dataflow.TaintTracking
 import semmle.code.java.security.XSS
+import semmle.code.java.security.InformationLeak
 
 /**
  * One of the `printStackTrace()` overloads on `Throwable`.
@@ -83,14 +84,17 @@ predicate stackTraceExpr(Expr exception, MethodAccess stackTraceString) {
   )
 }
 
-class StackTraceStringToXssSinkFlowConfig extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
-  StackTraceStringToXssSinkFlowConfig() {
-    this = "StackTraceExposure::StackTraceStringToXssSinkFlowConfig"
+class StackTraceStringToHTTPResponseSinkFlowConfig extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
+  StackTraceStringToHTTPResponseSinkFlowConfig() {
+    this = "StackTraceExposure::StackTraceStringToHTTPResponseSinkFlowConfig"
   }
 
   override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node src) { stackTraceExpr(_, src.asExpr()) }
 
-  override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) { sink instanceof XssSink }
+  override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+    sink instanceof XssSink or
+    sink instanceof InformationLeakSink
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ predicate printsStackExternally(MethodAccess call, Expr stackTrace) {
  * A stringified stack trace flows to an external sink.
  */
 predicate stringifiedStackFlowsExternally(XssSink externalExpr, Expr stackTrace) {
-  exists(MethodAccess stackTraceString, StackTraceStringToXssSinkFlowConfig conf |
+  exists(MethodAccess stackTraceString, StackTraceStringToHTTPResponseSinkFlowConfig conf |
     stackTraceExpr(stackTrace, stackTraceString) and
     conf.hasFlow(DataFlow::exprNode(stackTraceString), externalExpr)
   )
diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
index 33a146d07fe..92dfb5a733c 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ private module Frameworks {
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.guava.Guava
   private import semmle.code.java.frameworks.jackson.JacksonSerializability
   private import semmle.code.java.security.ResponseSplitting
+  private import semmle.code.java.security.InformationLeak
   private import semmle.code.java.security.XSS
   private import semmle.code.java.security.LdapInjection
   private import semmle.code.java.security.XPath
diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/InformationLeak.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/InformationLeak.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cb12c3d3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/security/InformationLeak.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/** Provides classes to reason about System Information Leak vulnerabilities. */
+
+import java
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.DataFlow
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.ExternalFlow
+
+/** CSV sink models representing methods not susceptible to XSS but outputing to an HTTP response body. */
+private class DefaultInformationLeakSinkModel extends SinkModelCsv {
+  override predicate row(string row) {
+    row =
+      [
+        "javax.servlet.http;HttpServletResponse;false;sendError;(int,String);;Argument[1];information-leak"
+      ]
+  }
+}
+
+/** A sink that represent a method that outputs data to an HTTP response. */
+abstract class InformationLeakSink extends DataFlow::Node { }
+
+/** A default sink representing methods outputing data to an HTTP response. */
+private class DefaultInformationLeakSink extends InformationLeakSink {
+  DefaultInformationLeakSink() { sinkNode(this, "information-leak") }
+}