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fix(red_team): send auth headers on A2A red team agent client (#179) - #180

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Summary

Fixes #179 — the A2A red team attacker client did not send the agent's auth headers, so authenticated A2A agents could not be red-teamed.

  • A2ARedTeamAttackerAgent.__aenter__ built httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30) with no headers. The agent-card fetch (A2ACardResolver.get_agent_card) and every attack message therefore went out unauthenticated. Agents that require auth to read /.well-known/agent.json (or to receive messages) returned 401 and the scan failed to start, even when credentials were configured.
  • Now resolves the headers via AuthType.get_auth_header(self._auth_credentials) and passes them into the client, mirroring the already-fixed CLI (run_cli.py) and the evaluator / prompt-injection paths.

Root cause

The issue's reported symptom (unauthenticated card GET) was already fixed in the CLI path (run_cli.py, get_a2a_agent_card) back in #109/#159. The same gap remained in the A2A red team path, which is the one that actually exercises the symptom for authenticated agents.

Test plan

  • Added rogue/tests/test_a2a_red_team_auth_headers.py: regression tests for API key, bearer token, and NO_AUTH (no header injected).
  • Regression tests were proven to fail on the pre-fix code and pass with the fix.
  • pytest rogue/tests/test_run_cli.py rogue/tests/test_a2a_red_team_auth_headers.py → 6 passed.
  • ruff check + ruff format --check + ty check clean on the changed files.

Risk

None — get_auth_header returns {} for NO_AUTH, so unauthenticated agents are unaffected. No public signatures changed.

Closes #179

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  • New Features

    • Red-team testing now supports authenticated A2A agents using configured API-key and bearer-token credentials.
    • Authenticated connections require HTTPS by default, with an explicit configuration option to allow HTTP connections.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Authentication headers are consistently applied when retrieving agent details and sending attack messages.
    • Unauthenticated agents continue to operate without added authentication headers.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for authentication headers and secure connection enforcement.

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The A2A attacker agent now applies configured authentication headers to card fetches and attack messages. It rejects authenticated cleartext HTTP by default, with an environment-variable override. Tests cover API-key, bearer-token, no-auth, and override behavior.

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A2A authentication and transport protection

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Authentication header wiring
rogue/evaluator_agent/red_team/a2a_red_team_attacker_agent.py
The agent derives headers from the configured authentication type and credentials. It passes them to the AsyncClient used for card fetches and attack messages. Authenticated non-HTTPS URLs raise ValueError unless ROGUE_ALLOW_INSECURE_AGENT_HTTP is set.
Authentication and transport regression tests
rogue/tests/test_a2a_red_team_auth_headers.py
Tests verify API-key, bearer Authorization, and empty NO_AUTH headers. Tests also verify authenticated HTTP rejection and the environment-variable override.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: sending authentication headers from the A2A red team client.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the issue, root cause, implemented fix, tests, risk, and linked issue. It does not use all template headings or complete the checklist, but it provides the required te…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #179 requires authentication headers for A2A agent-card requests. A2ARedTeamAttackerAgent.__aenter__ resolves headers with AuthType.get_auth_header and passes them to the shared `httpx.Async…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed implementation and tests stay connected to issue #179. The non-HTTPS credential check protects the credentials that the change now sends and has dedicated tests. No unrelated production be…
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rogue/tests/test_a2a_red_team_auth_headers.py (1)

49-49: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Add the required type annotations to all three async test signatures.

The repository requires type hints for all function signatures. Import MockerFixture from pytest_mock, annotate each mocker parameter, and add -> None. Current Ruff and ty checks do not enforce annotations in tests, but the signatures must follow the project convention.

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In `@rogue/tests/test_a2a_red_team_auth_headers.py` at line 49, Update all three
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In `@rogue/evaluator_agent/red_team/a2a_red_team_attacker_agent.py`:
- Line 32: Update the URL and authentication setup around AsyncClient so
configured API-key or bearer-token headers are never sent to non-HTTPS
evaluated_agent_url values. Reject HTTP URLs when authentication headers are
present, unless an explicit development-only override is enabled, while
preserving unauthenticated HTTP behavior.

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In `@rogue/tests/test_a2a_red_team_auth_headers.py`:
- Line 49: Update all three async test functions in the referenced test module,
including test_a2a_client_sends_api_key_header, to annotate each mocker
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Comment thread rogue/evaluator_agent/red_team/a2a_red_team_attacker_agent.py
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The A2ARedTeamAttackerAgent built its httpx.AsyncClient with no headers, so
the agent-card fetch (A2ACardResolver) and every attack message went out
unauthenticated. Authenticated A2A agents (API key / bearer / basic) could not
be red-teamed even when credentials were configured — the card GET returned 401
and the scan failed to start.

Resolve the auth headers via AuthType.get_auth_header and pass them into the
client, mirroring the already-fixed CLI (run_cli.py) and evaluator/prompt
injection paths.

Security (CWE-319): reject non-HTTPS evaluated-agent URLs when auth headers are
present, so API keys / bearer tokens are never sent in cleartext. Unauthenticated
HTTP is still allowed; the enforcement can be relaxed for local dev via the
ROGUE_ALLOW_INSECURE_AGENT_HTTP env var.

Adds regression tests covering API key, bearer, NO_AUTH, cleartext-HTTP rejection,
and the dev override.

Closes rogue-security#179
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Diogo-Damasceno force-pushed the fix/a2a-red-team-auth-headers-179 branch from 4f419d7 to f04dc0f Compare September 10, 2026 23:07
Follow the repo convention of explicit type hints on every signature:
mocker is a pytest_mock.MockerFixture and each async test returns None.
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