diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18066-enable-hideStackTrace.yml b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18066-enable-hideStackTrace.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17de02a2a456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18066-enable-hideStackTrace.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: Enable hideStackTrace config
+type: fixed
+authors:
+  - name: Utsav Parmar
+links:
+  - name: SOLR-18066
+    url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-18066
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapper.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapper.java
index e80c922513ee..506aa0670ac8 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapper.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapper.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.solr.jersey;
 
 import static org.apache.solr.common.SolrException.ErrorCode.getErrorCode;
+import static org.apache.solr.jersey.RequestContextKeys.CORE_CONTAINER;
 import static org.apache.solr.jersey.RequestContextKeys.HANDLER_METRICS;
 import static org.apache.solr.jersey.RequestContextKeys.SOLR_JERSEY_RESPONSE;
 import static org.apache.solr.jersey.RequestContextKeys.SOLR_QUERY_REQUEST;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import org.apache.solr.client.api.model.SolrJerseyResponse;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
+import org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer;
 import org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase;
 import org.apache.solr.handler.api.V2ApiUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.request.SolrQueryRequest;
@@ -112,8 +114,7 @@ public static Response buildExceptionResponse(
         ResponseUtils.getTypedErrorInfo(
             normalizedException,
             log,
-            solrQueryRequest.getCore() != null
-                && solrQueryRequest.getCore().getCoreContainer().hideStackTrace());
+            shouldHideStackTrace(solrQueryRequest, containerRequestContext));
     response.responseHeader.status = response.error.code;
     final String mediaType =
         V2ApiUtils.getMediaTypeFromWtParam(
@@ -121,6 +122,16 @@ public static Response buildExceptionResponse(
     return Response.status(response.error.code).type(mediaType).entity(response).build();
   }
 
+  static boolean shouldHideStackTrace(
+      SolrQueryRequest solrQueryRequest, ContainerRequestContext containerRequestContext) {
+    if (solrQueryRequest != null && solrQueryRequest.getCore() != null) {
+      return solrQueryRequest.getCore().getCoreContainer().hideStackTrace();
+    }
+    final CoreContainer coreContainer =
+        (CoreContainer) containerRequestContext.getProperty(CORE_CONTAINER);
+    return coreContainer != null && coreContainer.hideStackTrace();
+  }
+
   private Response processWebApplicationException(WebApplicationException wae) {
     return wae.getResponse();
   }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapperTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fb602286687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/jersey/CatchAllExceptionMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.solr.jersey;
+
+import static org.apache.solr.jersey.CatchAllExceptionMapper.shouldHideStackTrace;
+import static org.apache.solr.jersey.RequestContextKeys.CORE_CONTAINER;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import jakarta.ws.rs.container.ContainerRequestContext;
+import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
+import org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer;
+import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
+import org.apache.solr.request.SolrQueryRequest;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/** Unit tests for {@link CatchAllExceptionMapper#shouldHideStackTrace} */
+public class CatchAllExceptionMapperTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
+
+  private SolrCore core;
+  private CoreContainer coreContainer;
+  private SolrQueryRequest request;
+  private ContainerRequestContext ctx;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void ensureWorkingMockito() {
+    assumeWorkingMockito();
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void setupMocks() {
+    core = mock(SolrCore.class);
+    coreContainer = mock(CoreContainer.class);
+    request = mock(SolrQueryRequest.class);
+    ctx = mock(ContainerRequestContext.class);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldHideStackTrace_viaCore() {
+    when(request.getCore()).thenReturn(core);
+    when(core.getCoreContainer()).thenReturn(coreContainer);
+
+    when(coreContainer.hideStackTrace()).thenReturn(true);
+    assertTrue(shouldHideStackTrace(request, ctx));
+
+    when(coreContainer.hideStackTrace()).thenReturn(false);
+    assertFalse(shouldHideStackTrace(request, ctx));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * SOLR-18066: When no SolrCore is associated with the request (e.g. cluster/collection-level
+   * endpoints), the CoreContainer from the request context should be consulted instead.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldHideStackTrace_viaCoreContainer_whenCoreIsNull() {
+    when(ctx.getProperty(CORE_CONTAINER)).thenReturn(coreContainer);
+
+    when(coreContainer.hideStackTrace()).thenReturn(true);
+    assertTrue(shouldHideStackTrace(request, ctx));
+
+    when(coreContainer.hideStackTrace()).thenReturn(false);
+    assertFalse(shouldHideStackTrace(request, ctx));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldHideStackTrace_returnsFalse_whenNeitherCoreNorContainerAvailable() {
+    assertFalse(shouldHideStackTrace(request, ctx));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldHideStackTrace_returnsFalse_whenRequestIsNull() {
+    assertFalse(shouldHideStackTrace(null, ctx));
+  }
+}